Black ice everywhere

fletch · 10-12-2012 08:52AM

No problems D15 to East point....was goin to put the winter tyres on the car over the weekend but didn't get time. Glad I didn't as I'd probably be posting in the wimp list this morning

godtabh · 10-12-2012 09:15AM

A few wobbles from Leopardstown to Dun Laoghaire but in the places they usual are so not so bad.

RainyDay · 10-12-2012 09:21AM

Hmmzis wrote: »

Rathfarnham to city centre was fine. Just had to stay off the cycle lanes. Bus lanes were grand except for the edges on both sides.

Some coming in from Ballinteer

Lumen · 10-12-2012 09:47AM

Saw some brave soul commuting on a red Planet-X TT bike along the Dublin north quay towards the IFSC this morning.

t'bear · 10-12-2012 09:53AM

The only way to describe my commute this morning was 'clenched'. Didn't hit the deck but one of my colleagues commented what a 'mad b****d' I was :-)

manwithaplan · 10-12-2012 09:55AM

Howth Road/Fairview/North Strand seemed fine, although one side of the junction of Collins Avenue and Howth Road was blocked by two cars that appeared to have performed an impromptu Torville and Dean.

seamus · 10-12-2012 09:58AM

Didn't seem that bad to me. Was definitely worse last week. Though the exit to my estate is downhill onto a roundabout and this morning I had to stop for traffic, which I didn't have to before. My rear wheel stopping moving but the bike didn't, so I had to gingerly feather the front to try and stop without hitting the deck.

manwithaplan · 10-12-2012 10:08AM

I'd love someone to gingerly feather my front.

monkeybutter · 10-12-2012 10:24AM

minus figures from about 3 today and -5 tonight

godtabh · 10-12-2012 10:29AM

manwithaplan wrote: »

I'd love someone to gingerly feather my front.

Ask Seamus

Robroy36 · 10-12-2012 10:33AM

Plan on heading out for 3 or 4 hours at 1-ish, will the roads be ok? Thinking about Maynooth, Clonee, Springfeild from Rathgar.

rp · 10-12-2012 12:44PM

Robroy36 wrote: »

Plan on heading out for 3 or 4 hours at 1-ish, will the roads be ok? Thinking about Maynooth, Clonee, Springfeild from Rathgar.

Maynooth was ok at 7:30

Ranelite · 10-12-2012 01:37PM

Took a tumble on corner of Liberty Hall on Friday night... Looked like an oil slick.

Caroline_ie · 10-12-2012 01:52PM

7am Ongar road from Clonee was quite frosty. Studded tyres, I am invincible!

lennymc · 10-12-2012 01:54PM

Caroline_ie wrote: »

7am Ongar road from Clonee was quite frosty. Studded tyres, I am invincible!

hopefully mine turn up today! getting tired of not being on the bike.

BostonB · 10-12-2012 01:58PM

Caroline_ie wrote: »

7am Ongar road from Clonee was quite frosty. Studded tyres, I am invincible!

Is it big difference on the studded? What are they?

Gavin · 10-12-2012 02:03PM

Was all ready to roll out the MTB with the studded tyres, but decided it wasn't necessary. Cue Pompetamine with gatorskins and no problems. I'll save the MTB for snow.

Caroline_ie · 10-12-2012 02:24PM

BostonB wrote: »

Is it big difference on the studded? What are they?

They are a good bit heavier. Mine are 40c, quite big. They are noisy. I cycle to work on the frosty cycle lanes (only on the road when I am in lycra for some reason)...
The main difference is that I came off last week on the frost with my fixies and I stayed upright on the CX with the studded tires. I would not have spent that much money on them if they weren't going to make a difference.

BostonB · 10-12-2012 03:48PM

Thanks wondering if to get some myself.

doozerie · 10-12-2012 03:57PM

Spiked tyres are great. My pair of Marathon Winter 26" tyres are now back on the bike for their third winter and they've already proved very useful. Make sure you get a pair with carbide studs, not steel studs which apparently wear out very fast.

As for the sound they make, imagine a bowl of Rice Krispies when you've poured the milk in, they sound like that (not unlike the sound of your teeth subsequently falling out due to eating ridiculously sugary breakfast cereals, but I digress...). It's the sound at the end of this silly, yet strangely relevant, advert:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jdvHnlEq7E

...on a personal note, if I ever see those three annoying little characters/feckers while on my bike I plan to run them over.

daragh_ · 10-12-2012 04:08PM

I'm too cheap to buy some for my MTB until the Snowpocalypse actually hits.

That way I can sit at home and eat pies and pretend it's the internet/fedex/wiggles fault that I can't get out.

kenmc · 10-12-2012 04:45PM

daragh_ wrote: »

I'm too cheap to buy some for my MTB until the Snowpocalypse actually hits.

That way I can sit at home and eat pies and pretend it's the internet/fedex/wiggles fault that I can't get out.

Ah but then you'll miss out on the fun of going up tree rock in the snow! You can bring pies with you and have a pie-nic on top.

Glass Prison 1214 · 10-12-2012 10:59PM

I came off my racer this morning on black ice and sprained my wrist, time to put it in the shed for a couple months and pull out the MTB

Pembily · 10-12-2012 11:12PM

Dundrum isn't great, parts are icy.

Glass Prison 1214 · 10-12-2012 11:19PM

Pembily wrote: »

Dundrum isn't great, parts are icy.

Thats where I fell...

Pembily · 10-12-2012 11:30PM

Glass Prison 1214 wrote: »

Thats where I fell...

Ouch! Defo think I'll be adding my name to the wimp list in the am

jimmycrackcorm · 11-12-2012 03:34AM

I'm running scared on my hybrid with the ice and frost these days. Would getting an mtb with spiky tyres be worth it to keep commuting? My big fear is having experienced slips while even going in a straight line that I could easily fall in front of a car or bus.

Jawgap · 11-12-2012 06:12AM

Meath roads quite sparkly & glassy. Car today, I think.

smacl · 11-12-2012 06:59AM

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

I'm running scared on my hybrid with the ice and frost these days. Would getting an mtb with spiky tyres be worth it to keep commuting? My big fear is having experienced slips while even going in a straight line that I could easily fall in front of a car or bus.

If you're rims are wide enough, and your brakes will clear them, you can pick up spiked tyres for your hybrid. Something like these. Thinking of getting a pair myself.

G rock · 11-12-2012 08:10AM

-3.5 according to the car when I went out to defrost it. not all that accurate I know, but it's cold nonetheless!

Black ice everywhere

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